The Joker & The Taj

26 November 2008 will not go easily down my memory lane. At the start, the day was as normal as I hoped it to be. The night before that I saw " The Dark Knight" which I hadn't seen till then(shamefully).
I was very impressed by the movie.Especially by the Joker, Heath Ledger in a truly unforgettable role. I was totally bemused by the Joker's idea of fun - causing as much destruction as possible just for the sake of it. As the joker says " Introduce a little anarchy......upset the established order...& everything becomes chaos ".
The evening was fine with India completing another thumping victory over England to make it 5-0. But the trauma started when night was falling silently in Mumbai.Several terrorist started firing & throwing grenades at crowded places when it was least expected.This started the terrifying drama which lasted for almost 3 days and left 200 dead & hundreds injured. The terrorist were as mindless as the Joker in their modus operandi causing as much destruction possible without any real motive. Their efforts were rewarded by the panic & fear felt by all of us during that time.
The attack may be over but the planners are still at large. I wonder how short-sighted we can be at times. A few months back,when we were busy in our little quarrles of Marathi vs Non-marathi & Hindu vs. Muslim ; the real enemy was out there, planning d big attack. I hope we realize our folly at least after this attack. Though we have won this battle, the Joker is not dead .He is still lurking out somewhere. And sadly,we dont have a Batman !!! :P

"The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming,but on our own readiness to receive him;not on the chance of his not attacking,but the fact that we have made our position unassailable."
-The Art of War, Sun Tzu